Heterogeneity in tuberculosis pathology, microenvironments and therapeutic responses

A Lenaerts, CE Barry III, V Dartois - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) lesions are extremely complex and dynamic. Here, we review the multiple
types and fates of pulmonary lesions that form following infection by M ycobacterium …

The tuberculosis drug discovery and development pipeline and emerging drug targets

K Mdluli, T Kaneko, A Upton - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The recent accelerated approval for use in extensively drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant-
tuberculosis (MDR-TB) of two first-in-class TB drugs, bedaquiline and delamanid, has …

Novel Inhibitors of Cholesterol Degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reveal How the Bacterium's Metabolism Is Constrained by the Intracellular Environment

BC VanderVen, RJ Fahey, W Lee, Y Liu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) relies on a specialized set of metabolic pathways to
support growth in macrophages. By conducting an extensive, unbiased chemical screen to …

Host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

DM Tobin - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Host-directed therapies are a relatively new and promising approach to treatment of
tuberculosis. Modulation of specific host immune pathways, including those that impact …

The extracellular matrix regulates granuloma necrosis in tuberculosis

B Al Shammari, T Shiomi, L Tezera… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A central tenet of tuberculosis pathogenesis is that caseous necrosis leads to extracellular
matrix destruction and bacterial transmission. We reconsider the underlying mechanism of …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism

DF Warner - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Metabolism underpins the physiology and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
However, although experimental mycobacteriology has provided key insights into the …

Lesion-specific immune response in granulomas of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot study

S Subbian, L Tsenova, MJ Kim, HC Wainwright… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The formation and maintenance of granulomas is central to the host response to
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. It is widely accepted that the lungs of patients …

Heterogeneous host-pathogen encounters: act locally, think globally

D Bumann - Cell host & microbe, 2015 - cell.com
Recent studies are revealing astonishing heterogeneity in host-pathogen interactions
occurring simultaneously within the same host tissue. As highlighted in this review, growing …

Lipid droplet dynamics at early stages of Mycobacterium marinum infection in Dictyostelium

C Barisch, P Paschke, M Hagedorn… - Cellular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid droplets exist in virtually every cell type, ranging not only from mammals to plants, but
also to eukaryotic and prokaryotic unicellular organisms such as D ictyostelium and bacteria …

Activity of lipophilic and hydrophilic drugs against dormant and replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis

G Piccaro, G Poce, M Biava, F Giannoni… - The journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for about 9 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases
per year and 2 billion latent TB infections (LTBI) worldwide. 1, 2 Most of active TB is owing to …